Years ago while lying in my hammock (吊床) and drinking JB from the bottle, I    21    my dog dragging something under the fence.    22     looking at it carefully, to my    23     , I realized it was the next-door neighbor’s 10-year-old daughter’s rabbit. For years I      24    her come home from school and     25     straight out to its cage,    26    it and play with it in the yard. I know today    27    be no different.     28     for our dog, I had to think fast.

The rabbit died and was quite dirty, as if it had    29    quite a struggle, so I washed it off with the plastic   30   , combed it with the dog brush and blew it    31    with the leaf blower (吹风机) . Upon finishing its grooming (刷洗), I jumped the       32        and put it back in its cage hoping its      33       would be accepted as “ natural causes”.

    34     to the hammock and JB. Within the hour the neighbor’s car    35    as usual and out came the little girl,     36     as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time did she stop about six feet away and    37    “ D-A-D-D-Y-!!”

Her father,    38  , stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor, I rushed to the fence and asked if there was anything I could do.

Her father   39     than calmly shouted, “What kind of    40     person would dig up a little girl’s dead rabbit and put it back in its cage?”

1. A. noticed       B. watched          C. enjoyed          D. stopped 

2. A. Without           B. Before       C. Upon                 D. Once

3. A. interest          B. excitement       C. joy     D. disappointment

4. A. watched       B. was watching C. used to watching D. had watched

5. A. head          B. went             C. leave            D. hurried 

6. A. hide          B. bury             C. cover                D. free   

7.. A. would            B. shouldn’t           C. should   D. couldn’t

8.A. Feared         B. Fear             C. Fearing          D. To fear

9. A. put on        B. put up           C. put off          D. put out   

10. A. water            B. pipe                 C. shampoo  D. soap 

11. A. drying       B. dryly            C. dried                D. dry      

12. A. door        B. hammock          C. neighbor             D. fence          

13.A. look          B. death            C. story            D. rabbit

14. A. Again            B. Up               C. Back         D. Prior

15. A. pulled in        B. pulled down      C. pulled up   D. pulled off     

16. A. but              B. or               C. and          D. so     

17. A. scared           B. cheered          C. screamed    D. laughed 

18. A. pleased          B. frightened   C. Delighted  D. satisfied

19. A. more             B. less                 C. no more  D. no longer

20. A. sick             B. nice             C. humorous D. Interesting

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams．---Eleanor Roosevelt

My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural

I felt sorry especially for the  3  , but I   4   to be hopeless .I decided that where I was, I could do   5   to help them．I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who 6  my knock, “I know that you are   7  and give the birds that come to your yard a little 8  ．Please consider me your bird．Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your 9   ．I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the  10  children.”

No one seemed to  11  giving me a handful of rice ,even  12  they had little themselves .On Sunday ,I would go to the  13   and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to  14 to the children．

One day ,I came to a house that had  15  to give．I told my story and asked if I could be their bird．The woman called her daughters, and  16  gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for  17  and rice from the other “ bird feeders”, and they gave them to me．Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even  18  only this small way．The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing.

“Consider me your bird.” My  19  idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was  20  some peace．

1．A．sorrow              B．hope               C．comfort          D．happiness

2．A．suffered           B．survived         C．covered          D．made

3．A．peasants          B．citizens          C．villagers           D．children

4．A．wanted           B．failed            C．refused            D．stopped

5．A．something         B．everything        C．anything          D．nothing

6．A．said               B．replied            C．answered         D．spoke

7．A．glad              B．kind             C．rich              D．friendly

8．A．water             B．money           C．nest             D．rice

9．A．temple            B．room            C．door             D．garden

10．A．brave           B．hungry           C．promising         D．nervous

11．A．mind            B．escape           C．practice           D．enjoy

12．A．where         B．that             C．so              D．when

13．A．village           B．hometown       C．temple           D．house

14．A．give in         B．give up          C．give away         D．give out

15．A．much           B．little              C．many           D．few

16．A．every           B．each            C．neither            D．none

17．A．help             B．clothing          C．food             D．change

18．A．by            B．with           C．on              D．in

19．A．foolish          B．childish          C．clever            D．useful

20．A．creating         B．mending          C．developing         D．managing

D

When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was badly crippled (跛脚), and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare, I would be ashamed of the unwanted attention. If ever noticed or bothered, he never let on.

It was difficult to walk together—and because of that, we didn’t say much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace. I will try to follow you.”

Our usual walk was to or from the subway, which was how he got to work. He went to work sick, and even in bad weather. He almost never missed a day, and would make it to the office even if others could not. It was a matter of pride for him.

When snow or ice was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help... Such times my sister or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on a child’s sleigh to the subway entrance. Once there, he would try to grasp handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept ice free. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home.

When I think of it now, I am surprised at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to suffer from shame and disability. And I am also surprised at how he did it—without bitterness or complaint.

He never talked about himself as an object of pity, not did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was a “good heart”, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him.

Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though I still don’t know exactly what a “good heart” is. But I know the times I don’t have one myself.

He has been away for many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he sensed my reluctance to be seen with him during our walks. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it. I think of him when I complain about my troubles, when I am envious of another’s good fortune, when I don’t have a “good heart”.

17. How did the man treat his father when he was young?

A. He helped his father happily.

B. He never helped his father.

C. He helped his father, but not very happily.

D. He only helped his father take a walk after supper.

18. As a disabled man, his father____.

A. didn’t work very hard

B. didn’t go to work from time to time

C. hated those who had good fortune

D. was happy and satisfied, and never lost hope

19. What does the underlined word “reluctance” mean in the article? It means ____.

A. anger                     B. sadness            C. happiness                D. unwillingness

20. How did the father get to work usually?

A. By subway.              B. By bus.            C. By wheelchair.         D. By bike.

Years ago while lying in my hammock (吊床) and drinking JB from the bottle, I 1 my dog dragging something under the fence. 2 looking at it carefully, to my 3 , I realized it was the next-door neighbor’s 10-year-old daughter’s rabbit. For years I 4 her come home from school and 5 straight out to its cage, 6 it and play with it in the yard. I know today 7 be no different. 8 for our dog, I had to think fast.
The rabbit died and was quite dirty, as if it had 9 quite a struggle, so I washed it off with the plastic 10, combed it with the dog brush and blew it 11 with the leaf blower (吹风机) . Upon finishing its grooming (刷洗), I jumped the 12 and put it back in its cage hoping its 13 would be accepted as “ natural causes”.
14 to the hammock and JB. Within the hour the neighbor’s car 15 as usual and out came the little girl, 16 as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time did she stop about six feet away and 17 “ D-A-D-D-Y-!!”
Her father, 18, stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor, I rushed to the fence and asked if there was anything I could do.
Her father 19 than calmly shouted, “What kind of 20 person would dig up a little girl’s dead rabbit and put it back in its cage?”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      noticed
   2. B.
      watched
   3. C.
      enjoyed
   4. D.
      stopped
2. 2.
   1. A.
      Without
   2. B.
      Before
   3. C.
      Upon
   4. D.
      Once
3. 3.
   1. A.
      interest
   2. B.
      excitement
   3. C.
      joy
   4. D.
      disappointment
4. 4.
   1. A.
      watched
   2. B.
      was watching
   3. C.
      used to watching
   4. D.
      had watched
5. 5.
   1. A.
      head
   2. B.
      went
   3. C.
      leave
   4. D.
      hurried
6. 6.
   1. A.
      hide
   2. B.
      bury
   3. C.
      cover
   4. D.
      free
7. 7.
   1. A.
      would
   2. B.
      shouldn’t
   3. C.
      should
   4. D.
      couldn’t
8. 8.
   1. A.
      Feared
   2. B.
      Fear
   3. C.
      Fearing
   4. D.
      To fear
9. 9.
   1. A.
      put on
   2. B.
      put up
   3. C.
      put off
   4. D.
      put out
10. 10.
    1. A.
       water
    2. B.
       pipe
    3. C.
       shampoo
    4. D.
       soap
11. 11.
    1. A.
       drying
    2. B.
       dryly
    3. C.
       dried
    4. D.
       dry
12. 12.
    1. A.
       door
    2. B.
       hammock
    3. C.
       neighbor
    4. D.
       fence
13. 13.
    1. A.
       look
    2. B.
       death
    3. C.
       story
    4. D.
       rabbit
14. 14.
    1. A.
       Again
    2. B.
       Up
    3. C.
       Back
    4. D.
       Prior
15. 15.
    1. A.
       pulled in
    2. B.
       pulled down
    3. C.
       pulled up
    4. D.
       pulled off
16. 16.
    1. A.
       but
    2. B.
       or
    3. C.
       and
    4. D.
       so
17. 17.
    1. A.
       scared
    2. B.
       cheered
    3. C.
       screamed
    4. D.
       laughed
18. 18.
    1. A.
       pleased
    2. B.
       frightened
    3. C.
       Delighted
    4. D.
       satisfied
19. 19.
    1. A.
       more
    2. B.
       less
    3. C.
       no more
    4. D.
       no longer
20. 20.
    1. A.
       sick
    2. B.
       nice
    3. C.
       humorous
    4. D.
       Interesting